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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Protests took place Sunday in Manila over Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to honour the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos with a state burial. About 2,000 people gathered in heavy rain to denounce Duterte’s plans to move Marcos’ remains from his northern hometown to the National Heroes’ Cemetery in the capital, Manila, next month. “We would be the laughing stock of the entire planet,” Senator Risa Hontiveros, one of four members of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Five people have been killed in the Philippines and tens of thousands have fled from floods caused by days of unrelenting rain, rescuers said Sunday. Civil defence officials warned residents of Manila and nearby provinces to expect more heavy seasonal rain over the coming days as more than 24,000 people sought refuge in schools and government buildings. “We are expecting more low-lying areas to experience flooding,” National Disaster Risk Reduction and […]
(REUTERS) The Philippines military said on Friday it was taking seriously what it believed was a call by Islamic State (IS) militants for an attack on the Miss Universe contest being held in the country next year. The military said a recent bomb-making video posted on social media, apparently by Islamic State militants in the Middle East, carried a message in Arabic script reading: “create bomb for Miss Universe”. The pageant is due to […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Japan on Friday announced it is pouring a massive $2.4 billion into a new railway in the Philippines aimed at easing Manila’s notorious gridlock. Japan, the Philippines’ top trading partner and source of aid, said the 38-kilometre (24-mile) elevated commuter line would connect Manila to nearby Bulacan province to decongest the capital and help spur economic activity. “This is one of the biggest projects Japan has ever embarked upon using the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Ten prisoners in the Philippines were killed when a suspected jailbreak and attempt to kidnap the warden went wrong in a Manila suburb, authorities said Friday. The prisoners, including two Chinese, were meeting with the warden of the Paranaque City jail in his office when the explosion occurred on Thursday evening, killing the inmates and wounding the warden, said national jail service spokesman Senior Inspector Xavier Solda. The blast comes as […]
HONG KONG, United States (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Friday he had met with a senior Chinese official during a trip to Hong Kong aimed at improving ties between Manila and Beijing, with both sides working towards formal discussions. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Japan and the Philippines joined forces on Thursday to call on China to observe the rule of law in resolving maritime disputes after an international tribunal rejected Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met his counterpart Perfecto Yasay in the southern Philippine city of Davao where both pledged to work closely to boost maritime security while facing separate sea disputes with China. “We […]
MANILA, Aug. 12 (PIA) — Following the directive of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar rolls out the 24/7 construction of key projects in urban centers nationwide. “We have a traffic crisis we intend to solve in the next two to three years. The Philippines have had an infrastructure deficit in the last four decades. There is a clamor not only to address the deficiencies but also to […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore Telecom (Singtel) on Thursday reported a slight annual increase in its first quarter net profit, boosted by robust mobile data usage and strong contributions from its regional associates. Net profit growth in the three months to June however was weighed down by the absence of exceptional gains which had boosted earnings in the same period the year before, and a strong local dollar, Singtel said in a filing with the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippine gaming firm voluntarily halted trading Wednesday after President Rodrigo Duterte launched an attack on its chairman as part of a campaign against “oligarchs”. PhilWeb Corp’s chairman and chief executive Roberto Ongpin resigned last week, a day after newly elected President Duterte threatened to “destroy” him as part of a drive to curb the influence of wealthy residents over the government. “The Exchange approved the Company’s request for a voluntary […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine activists and a historical body on Monday criticised President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to give late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial, saying the ex-leader lied about his military record. Duterte said Sunday he would fulfil his campaign promise to bury Marcos at the national “Heroes’ Cemetery”, a contentious issue because of widespread corruption and rights abuses under the late dictator. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines released a study […]
